Re: shutdown database(s) from root user

Mark Cudworth wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> writes:
> >
> >I read the original post and at the time gave the same advice Sybrand is now
> >giving. The script should not be run as root.
> >
> >su or not is not the issue. There is no reason why the script must be, or
> > should be, run from root.
>
> I didn't see the original post, so I can't comment on what the original
> poster asked, but it seems he wants to modify his UNIX (Solaris?) shutdown
> scripts. Am I misinterpreting this, or are you suggesting that the
> operating system be shut down by the oracle user instead of root?
>
> --
> Mark Cudworth

My interpretation was that he was not asking about normal shutdown. Were that the case the default installation and a little work in /etc/rc2.d would have worked just fine.

Rather it appears he wants to have some process executed by root perform shutdowns. My statement has been that the process shutting down Oracle should be owned by Oracle, not by root.

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